We are looking for candidates with strong Data Science, Measurement, and Marketing expertise with a passion to solve complex problems. You will work on projects with high impact and create a new generation of products, tools and capability within an Agile environment. The role will also have exposure to many functions within the company and globally to gain a unique perspective on the business from marketing effectiveness lens.
Based in the General Mills India Center (GIC), this role will operate as part of General Mills’ global model, with day-to-day work direction and priorities closely connected to U.S. based functional partners and managers.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Partner with marketing and business stakeholders to define analytical problems, success criteria, data requirements, and measurable business outcomes.
Develop and implement data-driven solutions using advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to measure marketing effectiveness.
Build, validate, and maintain causal inference pipelines and measurement strategies such as Marketing Mix Models.
Create statistical and machine learning models to quantify the campaigns and interactions that affect consumers’ purchase behavior.
Build statistical model-based Omni-channel marketing solutions to optimize investment and maximize impact across different channels.
Develop attribution model solutions to optimize the delivery and timing of marketing initiatives across different channels and audiences.
Design, recommend, and measure statistically proven A/B tests by applying best practices.
Communicate insights, model outputs, and recommendations clearly to non-technical audience.
Partner with third-party vendors/agencies to define measurement strategy. Ensure the necessary data will be available at the right level to enable evaluation and optimization of marketing programs.
Construct production ready, reusable, large scale or scalable complex optimization, simulation & machine learning models that provide real time insights aligning with General Mills Data Science standards.
Contribute to existing Data Science projects and initiatives.
Develop forecasts and build simulation models to predict the outcome of complex and real-world scenarios.
Responsible for monitoring and improvement of model performance metrics in terms of accuracy, optimal near optimal recommendations with feedback incorporated from business partners.
Understand both current uses and future state of promotional planning/optimization at General Mills, capture ongoing needs, and support integration with existing systems, data sets, reports.
Provide thought leadership and apply creative analytical solutions to ad-hoc projects.
Possess R&D mindset by prototyping and carrying out tests.
Influence, educate, and train the organization to adopt new processes and systems
Vet Analytics components with 3rd-party tools, evaluating their performance and providing recommendations to help drive procurement decisions.
Mix analytical insights with business knowledge to build solutions that work in the real world
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Physics, or related quantitative discipline
Minimum years of relevant experience in Data Science, Modeling, and Advanced Analytics
Expertise in problem-solving including experience/knowledge of statistical measurement, forecasting, and econometrics
Working knowledge in statistical algorithms, predictive modeling techniques, especially Regression, Bayesian, Classification, Boosting, and Optimization models
Strong SQL skills
Expertise level knowledge in Python or R
Working knowledge of relational databases and Cloud-based environment such as GCP
Experience working data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau), and data integration platforms (e.g. Alteryx, Talend)
Experience in Data Mining, building and working with APIs
Familiarity with Data Clean Room technology.
Proven knowledge and understanding of development in Agile environment
Exceptional Communication Skills – ability to clearly and simply communicate complex results to a wide range of audiences
Learning agility – ability to work in white space to build new analytical processes and tools
Familiarity with syndicated data sets (Nielsen/IRI).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree in a quantitative field
Experience working within a marketing analytics agency, tech platform, or enterprise consumer brand
Experience working in a large, matrixed organization with multiple concurrent stakeholders and priorities.
Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.
